‘There’s A Bigger Story’: Recently Rediscovered Petroglyphs Bring Indigenous Narrative To Surface

Bigger Story: Recently Rediscovered Petroglyphs Bring Indigenous Narrative To Surface AT THE RETREAT MEADOWS – Written in the land This year brings the first official observation of Indigenous People’s Day in Vermont. It’s also a time to reflect on what this part of the world was like before any Europeans set foot here, and on a submerged river bank in Brattleboro, ancient petroglyphs offer a clue. Petroglyphs are images carved into natural stone. They’re only known to exist in two places in Vermont: one on the shore of the Connecticut River in Bellows Falls, the other in Brattleboro, where the West River and Connecticut meet… Read the rest at VPR: https://www.vpr.org/post/theres-bigger-story-recently-rediscovered-petroglyphs-bring-indigenous-narrative-surface#stream/0

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From 1900 to 1950 Brattleboro’s population, on average, increased by 1000 people per decade.  In 1900 the population was about 6,500 and by 1950 the census stated there were about 11,500 people in town. 

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